High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-45798
CVE-2022-45798
Description
A link following vulnerability in the Damage Cleanup Engine component of Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by creating a symbolic link and abusing the service to delete a file.
Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
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Affected products
3- Trend Micro, Inc./Trend Micro Apex Onev5Range: On Premise (14.0)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291830nvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1665/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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